Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 980603887e19d469…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 17:12:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5752f2aaba79fa51b18475482bd38f0f SHA-1: e8a9494bc0f0fb7cab8e3ffec3b7bde7f679f738 SHA-256: 980603887e19d469bb6dbfad4912efd0565b91a55f191ffe111570a0f32535a3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple links on potentially compromised infrastructure suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99e93f950062bdd377b1ebb490e764bc/92732681517.pdf
    • http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/vefasujoradafu.pdf
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/ravemepuwagodumigawizo.pdf
    • http://thriftstorewebsites.com/flash/thriftstorewebsites.com/file/67223430752.pdf
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f500c1395120e84b60bb7b1a313cb7bf/6915079474.pdf
    • https://auto826.com/uploads/files/bixafopuweluramo.pdf
    • http://livestreaming.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/psg9sn83ja8t4ake9om5jijhe3qrt4jj/zupuxutegobejojojivel.pdf
    • https://esportenerd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuvimasozek.pdf
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62d9cc7638289b62baaf78622b8d54f3/gitezo.pdf
    • http://chinajnbt.com/images/upload/File/47172971664.pdf
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/82320867638.pdf
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35c12a03806edf225e62d79e8551d70f/xanewaril.pdf
    • http://reelproductionshd.com/userfiles/file/fuginekurozowiditolug.pdf
    • http://esrafisek.com/images_upload/files/mukilevumofogupuxamal.pdf
    • https://tezerwatch.com/file/upload/files/06-25-09-12-33-49.pdf
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccdb1aeed0c---71322489548.pdf
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb8d9eee309bd71167e7fc4975e38191/zewubemak.pdf
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607940c1c8b3c---zetojesarapatavafijiw.pdf
    • https://laps.pl/userfiles/file/jajadogekivire.pdf
    • http://thuephotocopytaihanoi.com/upload/files/wukajowevogatugesugaxaf.pdf
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609692148a35d---mabawexofamererereb.pdf
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/417097e75aa0a56bb4263fbc590dc16d/xokil.pdf
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70i9k8rts7kb1jshl92atd3pq7/jaxovubimijomositel.pdf
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a5550f27d---powefidiwosumowojatesul.pdf
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ae5d13c9961458ba671314ea435be76/49048514836.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+delete+all+music+from+ipod
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eed7.bin
5c86135d92e2777492aa8c20eac30effc0c77936a7b500a9df55b2cd6d0e9d56
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEED7 16936 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011b25.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B25 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001333c.bin
26c0576f0d78cbd7e24baddaeea713d81e73fa76ada25f8a88c6b0cc06221d81
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1333C 10856 bytes